Water-resistant rope



Fatented Mar. H, i924.

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FELIX BIESENBERG, OF TUCKAI-IOE, NEW YORK.

WATER-RESISTANT ROPE.

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T" aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX RIESENBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tuckahoe, in the county of /Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved lVater-Resistant Rope, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in Cordage, and it pertains more particularly to a water-proof rope structure.

It is one of the primary objects of the present invention to construct a rope so that 5 when finished it will be possessed of waterresistant properties.

In carrying out the invention, down known as kapok (Ueiba penta'ndra), is combined with the fibers from which the rope is formed in a quantity snfficient to produce a fibrous structure which will resist, to a certain extent, the action of water.

Rope as ordinarily constructed is formed from strands, which in turn are formed from yarns, which yarns consist of spun fibers of the material from which the rope is formed,v such, for example, as manila hemp, sisal, etc.

In manufacturing rope in accordance to with the present invention, the kapok in Application filed April 24, 1923.

Serial No. 63%,327.

the form of down, is combined with the fiber from which the rope is to be formed and the difierent fibers are spun together to form the yarns. After the yarns are formed they are employed in the ordinary manner to form the rope.

In lieu of employing kapok down in spun relation with the fibers from which the yarns are formed, it is obvious that it may be combined with the yarns in unspun relation with the fibers, or it may be com bined with the yarns in the form of a cover, and I do not wish to be limited specifically to the combining of the kapok down with the other fibers forming the rope in spun relation.

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'What is claimed is:

The method of forming waterproof cordage which consists of combining with the fiber from which the cordage is formed and in spun relation therewith, down of the Ueiba pentamdm and known as lranok.

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